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London begins public consultations for 2013 budget

They came to talk about bike lanes, libraries, firefighters and police officers, roads and transit.

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Residents of south London subsidized housing complex say multiple shots heard

Residents of a south London housing complex are on edge after an early morning shooting.

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Male driver killed in single-vehicle crash in Blandford Blenheim Township

The male driver of a pickup truck has died after a crash on Blenheim Road just south of Oxford Road 8 in Blandford Blenheim Township, Oxford OPP reported Saturday night.

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City attractions, all the places kids go on a field trip, are feeling the pinch.

City attractions that depend on school field trips as part of their winter revenue are taking a hit during the continuing fight between teachers and the province.

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Social-program architects cheated

Summer recreation camps for kids in social housing, as well as security patrols and regular upkeep at the much-maligned complexes, will be in peril if politicians push hard for a tax freeze.

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Jail guards voting on deal next week

Ontario’s jail guards won’t see any new money or extra staff right away under a proposed contract heading to a vote next week.

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Forget nickel and diming. The province’s war on the deficit is taking as its...

First, well-off seniors were told they’d have to fork out to help pay for their drugs.

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Twelve months for cricket club stabbing

A 48-year-old man in Canada on a work visa was sentenced Friday to serve 12 months in prison for stabbing a former lover on the front step of the Woodstock cricket club in May 2010.

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Suspect offering candy and cash tried to lure boy into car in London did not...

A London boy's story of an attempted abduction Saturday afternoon was made up, London police said Sunday.

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Man killed in Oxford County pickup crash identified

Oxford OPP have released the name of a pickup truck driver killed in a crash Saturday afternoon.

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Photos released in armed robbery in Simcoe

Norfolk OPP have released photos of a woman in relation to an armed robbery in Simcoe.

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Central Elgin fire blamed on light fixture

A fire that ripped through a house on the outskirts of St. Thomas last week was caused by an electrical fault in the attached garage, Central Elgin fire department has determined.

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Man charged with public intoxication after passing out with rubbing alcohol...

A 46-year-old man of no fixed address spent the night in police custody to sober up.

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Elgin-Middlesex-London Liberals back Pupatello

Liberals in Elgin-Middlesex-London threw their support Sunday behind leadership frontrunner Sandra Pupatello.

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Sleepless night in Central Elgin

It was a sleepless night for a number of Elgin residents after a transformer fire early Monday knocked out power in south Central Elgin.

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Chatham-Kent OPP officer cleared of sexual assault allegation

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has cleared a Chatham-Kent OPP officer of allegations of committing a sexual assault on a 34-year-old woman.

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Federal grant of $98,000 will go toward an addition at Glanworth Library

Little Glanworth library, a community mainstay for 100 years, is at last about to get amenities most London library patrons take for granted: flush toilets, running water and wheelchair accessibility.

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Students offer counselling with help from professionals

Trying to take pressure off the mentally ill who wait months for desperately needed health care, a new type of area clinic has emerged.

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Council committee backs plan to market London during March's world figure...

London politicians will spend plenty of time over the next two months battling over taxpayers’ nickels and dimes as they set this year’s budget priorities.

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Scoop, skate and smile and the job may be yours

The job: Race onto the ice and scoop up flowers, teddy bears and candy and then skate off the ice as quickly as possible.

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